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The Clermont Dam is of a type known as a "low-head dam," meaning water flows over the top of a long berm across the waterway. ... leading officials to call such dams "drowning machines."
Seven people nearly drowned on the Willamette River in Glenwood Saturday afternoon after going over a low head dam. The Eugene Springfield Fire Department says crews were alerted to the water ...
Low-head dams, sometimes referred to as "drowning machines" in the kayaking community, are particularly hazardous, according to public safety managers who patrol the rivers.
A weir / w ɪər / or low-head dam is a barrier across the width of a river that alters the flow characteristics of water and usually results in a change in the height of the river level. Weirs are also used to control the flow of water for outlets of lakes, ponds, and reservoirs.
The Williamsport Dam, officially known as the Hepburn Street Dam, is a low-head dam on the West Branch Susquehanna River in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It broke ground in 1984 and was finished in the spring of 1986. It was built for recreation, such as boating, watersports and fishing. It has been described as a "killer dam" and a "drowning ...
Bosher's Dam is a historic low head dam (also called a weir) built upon the James River just west of Richmond, Virginia.It is a 12-foot-high stone structure which interrupts the natural flow of Virginia's largest self-contained river by spanning the waterway between suburban Tuckahoe in Henrico County and the western part of Richmond just west of the Edward E. Willey Bridge.
The Dock Street Dam is a low-head dam that crosses the Susquehanna River between the Shipoke neighborhood of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on the east shore and Lemoyne on the west shore. It is constructed of hollow, reinforced concrete buttress dam and was built to create recreational depth as a 3-mile lake, provide flood control, prevent ...
'Drowning machines': Hoosiers out for a paddle should plan ahead to make sure their trip doesn’t cross over any dangerous low-head dams. 'Drowning machines': Hoosiers out for a paddle should ...